How To Install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8. globus-xioperf is Grid Community Toolkit - XIO Performance Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-xioperf

The Grid Community Toolkit (GCT) is an open source software toolkit used for building grid systems and applications. It is a fork of the Globus Toolkit originally created by the Globus Alliance. It is supported by the Grid Community Forum (GridCF) that provides community-based support for core software packages in grid computing. The globus-xioperf package contains XIO Performance Tool

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-xioperf.

Install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-xioperf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-xioperf

Install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-xioperf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-xioperf

How To Uninstall globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-xioperf package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-xioperf

globus-xioperf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/globus-xioperf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/9f606502d9ce9e0ef3d7198532207af737d916
/usr/share/doc/globus-xioperf
/usr/share/doc/globus-xioperf/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-xioperf
/usr/share/licenses/globus-xioperf/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xioperf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.